You are here

Sound Travels Sunday...The Tropik Mixtape

The Sound Travels Tropikal mixtape from Sunday. Music from tropical countries was the aim; mission accomplished. Mostly older cuts, but I did manage to get some newer cuts in toward the end of the mix. A big inspiration for the mixtape came from the latest Mr. Bongo's release, Brazilian Beats 7 which is set for release next week and endorsed by this guy. If you missed the mix, here it is in its entirety...

New music roundup for March 2015... Find out about the latest from Colombia's Bomba Estereo, UK reggae outfit The Skints, up-and-coming dancehall singer from Jamaica Toian, new Middle-Eastern music from Niyaz and French soul sounds from...

Just wanted to share a new Sound Travels favorite, a group out of L.A. called QUTAPENAS ("one word all caps, four syllables all claps") whose self-titled debut has been on lock in more than a few of my playlists. Their sound is built on...

One of my favorite Brazilian music compilations of 2014 was a release called Kafundó Vol. 1 put together by Maga Bo and Wolfram Lange that brought a broad cross-section of exciting new Brazilian music. Well Kafundó Records is back with the...